 My favorite diaries:
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sksmith profile - diary |
| comments: How I discovered Diaryland. She still rocks. Who knew? |
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rachelliz profile - diary |
| comments: My editor. She even went to Brown and was my original year of 1996! |
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ursulabear profile - diary |
| comments: She's going back to sk00l as an older person; I endorse this. College is wasted on the young. |
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hissandtell profile - diary |
| comments: The most compelling diarist in Australia. |
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megmarch profile - diary |
| comments: Who needs a shrink when you have a pen? |
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stellarose profile - diary |
| comments: She's decided to stay in Denver, rather than going to Brown. Great things have happened to me in Denver... |
My favorite music: |
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www.whrb.org |
| comments: There's just not enough room here, but listen up to the Record Hospital |
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Mission of Burma |
| comments: the greatest band from Boston ever |
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Kraftwerk |
| comments: also Throbbing Gristle, Neubauten, Melt-Banana, Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac), et al. |
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the Donnas |
| comments: cf. so many women who rock, some probably in your life |
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the Selecter |
| comments: cf. other Two-Tone & first wave ska (it gets pretty grim later on) |
My favorite movies: |
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Blade Runner |
| comments: 1187 Hundertwasser? |
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Better Off Dead |
| comments: Beth (of Roy): Oh my God, he's so boss. / Geoff (age 17): Am I so boss? / Kate (RIP): No Geoff, you're 'tasty'. |
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Fallen Angels |
| comments: There have been few better uses of film as a medium... |
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Metropolis |
| comments: Has sci fi film gotten better since 1927? SFX, maybe. |
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Bandits |
| comments: the greatest German, women-in-prison, rock band, road trip movie ever |
My favorite authors: |
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Don Delillo |
| comments: Underworld |
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Margaret Atwood |
| comments: The Handmaid's Tale |
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David Sedaris |
| comments: Me Talk Pretty One Day |
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Nelson Algren |
| comments: The Man with the Golden Arm |
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Jane Jacobs |
| comments: The Death and Life of Great American Cities |
